Rare ice pancakes form on River Wharfe in Yorkshire

Plunging temperatures person brought "ice pancakes" to a stream successful North Yorkshire.

The phenomenon, which is caused erstwhile foam floating connected the apical of a stream freezes, was spotted connected the River Wharfe adjacent Bolton Priory connected Wednesday.

They were photographed by canine walker Michael Cox, who said helium visits the country regularly but had ne'er seen the crystal pancakes before.

It comes arsenic freezing temperatures person gripped the state for respective days.

Mr Cox, who lives successful adjacent Silsden, said the riverside locomotion had been transformed into thing of a "winter wonderland".

"There had been a hard frost that day, it was each precise picturesque," helium said

Although helium had ne'er seen crystal pancakes before, helium said helium knew what helium was witnessing having seen erstwhile quality stories astir the phenomenon.

The distinctive circular shapes are formed erstwhile the foam freezes, and the crystal chunks past bump into each different and go rounded.

The spectacle has already been witnessed connected a Glasgow stream earlier this week, and crystal pancakes were besides captured connected the River Swale successful Richmond successful 2019.